
Is this ridiculous modified Tesla Cybertruck the worst or best ever?
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- Mar 11, 2025
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That’s where Mansory comes in. No more boring Ken doll-like smooth surfaces. No more basic beta minimalism. No more cheap crumbly plastic body cladding. Let’s give the Cybertruck some properly edgy carbon fiber trim. Let’s replace its dorky wheels with '90s throwback deep dishes. Let’s get it a hood scoop! And two little wings! Mansory does all that while simultaneously gracing the Cybertruck with the best interior I’ve ever seen in a Tesla, mostly just by virtue of reupholstering it and giving it a splash of color.
They even gave it a proper name: Elongation. If that doesn’t make you feel better about yourself, I don’t know what would. The Mansory Cybertruck fully embraces everything about the Cybertruck, making it look like the cyberpunk culture warrior it always wanted to be
Take a look at the Mansory Elongation photos and ask yourself objectively: does all the above make the Cybertruck worse looking, or is at the very least a net-neutral? I rest my case. In the losing column
Jonny Lieberman: Mansory, long the most-wanted automotive terrorist organization on the planet, has struck lead again. What most people fail to grok about the Cybertruck’s design is its brutalist nature. It’s supposed to stand out, not only for the purity of its shape, but as a showcase for the material. What’s Mansory do? Cover up a quarter of the thing’s stainless steel with its signature chopped carbon fiber. Just awful. Imagine doing this to a Delorean. Conveniently, when viewed from the driver’s side, the weird arches taper into a large F, which is the grade I give this rolling nightmare.
And that’s from 50 feet away. The details are where the Elongation really loses. Get in close, and it looks as if someone attacked the poor fenders with a pick axe. What are those triangular cutouts supposed to do? Remind you of a six-cylinder Buick? Mansory has long been the king of fake scoops, and here the brand’s working hard to retain that crown. Oh, air intakes for the pickup bed. How innovative. And are the other vents supposed to cool the rear tires? Just trash.
The 26-inch wheels are generic at best, and completely obscure the brake rotors to the point that it looks like the Delorean time machine from "Back to the Future III," when Doc Brown had to stick it on wagon wheels. Last but not least, let’s take a moment to laugh at the rear wings. Ha! How totally sad. No picture of it exists online, but those odd winglets like those are part of the reason Tom Gale decided to not go with Gandini’s design for the Countach replacement, and instead design the Diablo in Auburn Hills. Yuck for days. Finally, it’s boot-lickingly called the Elongation and it’s not any longer. Just… no.
However…
This next part is still blowing my mind, but somehow, and it has to be on accident, Mansory managed to create not just the nicest interior it's ever produced, but the nicest interior that’s ever been inside a Tesla. Instead of a dayglow, diamond pattern, crocodile-foreskin-leather nightmare, the Elongation features patterned, perforated leather that looks like fine fabric. Again, this is surely an compete and total accident, and I have no doubt whatsoever that Mansory will get back to its normal nonsense (I once saw a pink Bentley Continental that Mansory had brought to Geneva that featured an orange, purple and green interior) at the next possible opportunity. Mansory, never change. Just go away.
Photos by MotorTrend
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